This illustration shows a Valkyrie before the goddess Freya. In Norse mythology, the Valkyries came to battlefield, chose those who would die, and carried them back to Valhalla. In Norse mythology, Freya, also spelled Freyja, was the goddess of fertility, love and marriage, and light and peace. Her brother was Freyr.

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